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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) called on Governor Phil Murphy to issue a major disaster declaration for Camden, Gloucester and Burlington Counties following the severe storm that is still ripping through South Jersey, leaving roads flooded and closed, PATCO service suspended and cars overturned. If granted, this declaration could trigger the release of federal funds to help communities.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committee – voted in favor of H.R. 2740, a $982.8 billion "minibus" package that contains four Fiscal Year 2020 bills that fund federal agencies including the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Defense.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross - a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor - celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Camden High School, which will be an approximately 270,000 square-foot school for around 1,200 ninth- through twelfth-grade students.

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined by Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), reintroduced the Supporting the Teaching Profession Through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators (STRIVE) Act that addresses the country's real and growing teacher shortage by completely overhauling the current student loan forgiveness program and boosting financial assistance for teachers.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee, voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). The act, which passed with a 33-24 vote out of Committee, builds a strong national defense, supports service members and strengthens America's workforce.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, a leader on retirement security in Congress, voted in favor of the H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act – commonly called "The Butch Lewis Act" – which addresses the nation's worsening multiemployer pension crisis. The act passed by a vote of 26-18 out of the House Committee on Education and Labor.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined Representatives Katie Porter (CA-45) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) in introducing the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act, bipartisan legislation to improve health plans' and insurers' compliance with mental health parity laws.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded $1,668,052 to Rutgers University-Camden and Rowan University for scientific, medical and technological research and training.